It’s all ridiculous and, in an alternate universe, it might have even been genuinely entertaining.
Jason Statham picking up a helicopter blade five times his size in an attempt to spear a shark 50 times his size.Once upon a time, Jason Statham was the king of silly action flicks. These films weren’t usually comedies, but they were bracingly and proudly ridiculous, using disbelief the way most movies use the suspension of disbelief.
The plot, as far as I can make out, takes place a few years after the previous movie, and Statham’s Jonas Taylor is now working as an environmental investigator for an oceanographic institute run by Jiuming Zhang , a scion of the same family of wealthy researchers from the first film. Jonas is also taking care of Jiuming’s niece, teenage Meiying , who was a young child in the previous movie.
The sharks, when they do appear, look pretty impressive, but the film’s best special effect remains Statham, who is a living action figure right down to his unchanging expressions. Like a great deadpan silent comedian, he has a unique ability to make his already straight face even straighter as the absurdity around him ratchets up. This combination of bearing and glower makes us want to see him in the most delightfully ridiculous situations, a thrillprovides only in sporadic bursts.
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